Claire O’Rourke is an incredible woman. She has extensive experience campaigning for organisations that deliver positive impact and in social movements making real change. Claire is on a mission to accelerate and inspire Australians to take action — and fast — towards a future of clean, renewable energy.
How do you start your day?
I’ve always been an early riser, for as long as I can remember. My body doesn’t really understand how to sleep in. I love the early morning when it’s quiet, before sunrise, then those moments when the birds start their morning wake-up calls.
We live on Dharawal country, just north of Wollongong in New South Wales, at the foot of some of the most magical rainforest on the planet, in the Illawarra escarpment, wedged in a weatherboard house a few minutes’ walk or ride to the beach.
My habits in the morning vary depending on how frenetic work or life is, but I do try to have a few moments of quiet in the morning — a cup of tea, a short meditation when my
